1949 – Don’t Come Back-He Didn’t! (Footnote) Published on January 24, 2023 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Footnotes to History, Schools & Education His teacher told him not to come back to school without his book, so he did exactly what he was told and ran away from home.Click to Read More...
1964 – Unable to Find Affordable Housing, Student Sleeps in Air Vent Published on August 19, 2022 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Schools & Education, Tidbits Allan Kornfeld was unable to afford student housing at Yale. So, he decided to move into a ventilation shaft.Click to Read More...
1952: Einstein Offers Student Incorrect Math Advice Published on December 10, 2021 Posted in: Schools & Education, Tidbits 15-year-old Johanna Mankiewicz wrote to Albert Einstein seeking help with a tough math problem. His answer had an error in it.Click to Read More...
Runaway Boy Couldn’t Learn Latin Published on August 20, 2021 Posted in: Schools & Education, Tidbits In 1916, 15-year-old Rolla Bostwick ran away from home because he was unable to master Latin.Click to Read More...
Two Worlds Collide – Podcast #153 Published on July 29, 2021 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Hoaxes, Love & Marriage, Podcast, Schools & Education In 1932, the office of Redondo Beach school superintendent Elliott B. Thomas was destroyed and he had mysteriously disappeared. Was he dead or alive? Or was something else going on?Click to Read More...
Married Teacher Forced to Resign Published on May 6, 2021 Posted in: Love & Marriage, Schools & Education, Tidbits In 1906, Miss Mana E. Hall was forced to resign from her teaching position after it was discovered that she was married.Click to Read More...
Salem Trade School Interview Published on February 25, 2019 Posted in: Forgotten History, Podcast, Schools & Education, Sports, Unbelievable An interview with John Murphy - His father was a member of the Salem Trade School football team back in the 1920's.Click to Read More...
Tried to Hide Her Report Card Published on September 15, 2017 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Escape and Survival, Schools & Education, Tidbits 11-year-old Nellie Stevens of Indianapolis, Indiana was missing for six days because she was too afraid to show her report card to her foster parents.Click to Read More...
Teacher Punishes Students with an Electric Chair Published on September 8, 2017 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Schools & Education, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits Barnesville, Minnesota science teacher H.T. Upsahl was arrested on October 21, 1924, for using an electric chair to punish his students.Click to Read More...
Teacher Refuses Loyalty Oath Published on March 20, 2016 Posted in: Law & Order, Schools & Education, Tidbits A New York City teacher was fired in 1918 for refusing to sign a loyalty oath supporting the US during World War I.Click to Read More...
Women with Children Banned from Teaching Published on March 13, 2016 Posted in: Law & Order, Schools & Education, Tidbits In 1911, the New York City Board of Education banned women with small children from teaching in the classroom.Click to Read More...
Too Pretty to Teach Published on March 6, 2016 Posted in: Law & Order, Schools & Education, Tidbits Back in 1906, Genevieve McGraw was fired from her teaching position for being too popular and pretty.Click to Read More...
Unfit to Teach – Podcast #91 Published on February 28, 2016 Posted in: Law & Order, Podcast, Schools & Education, Unbelievable Rose Freistater was denied a teaching license because she was overweight. Find out what happened when she challenged the ruling.Click to Read More...
The Salem Trade School – Podcast #90 Published on January 27, 2016 Posted in: Fraud & Deception, Hoaxes, Podcast, Schools & Education, Sports The Salem Trade School had the worst high school football team in the Boston region back in the 1920's. But they had a big secret...Click to Read More...
The Tieless Teacher Published on August 20, 2014 Posted in: Law & Order, Schools & Education, Tidbits East Hartford, Connecticut English teacher Richard P. Brimley fought for years with his school district because he refused to wear a tie.Click to Read More...